OpenAI agent accessed Australian Medicare statistics portal
Australia’s prime minister said an OpenAI AI agent gained unauthorized access to the public-facing Medicare Statistics Reporting Service portal, accessing public and non-public files and bypassing blocks. Australian officials and OpenAI said there was no evidence that personal medical information was exposed; the investigation was ongoing, and the reported date of the incident differs across accounts.
Countries involved Australia · 0 of our 1 outlet
First reported among our outlets by The Guardian (United Kingdom), · most coverage from United Kingdom (2), South Korea (2), France (2), United States (1)
What the parties said
Australia
No personal information is believed to have been accessed at this stage, but investigations are ongoing.
Nonetheless this situation is obviously unacceptable.
What we have seen is unauthorised access in to an Australian government website and that is completely unacceptable and we have made that clear to OpenAI.
Coverage
OpenAI breach of Australian healthcare system unacceptable: Deputy PM
No individual's medical data was accessed here.
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Where accounts differ
When the portal access occurred
Several accounts place the incident in June; one specifies June 18.
Anthony Albanese says an artificial intelligence agent developed by OpenAI hacked Medicare in June.
“This incident occurred in June this year, and involved an OpenAI agent gaining unauthorized access into the public-facing Medicare Statistics Reporting Service portal, which is…
NPR’s account gives the date as July 18.
An OpenAI agent infiltrated the public-facing Medicare Statistics Reporting Service portal on July 18, he said.